Cigar-band.



G. P. SCHREIBER.

CIGAR BAND. APPLICATION HLED mur I5. 1916.

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GEORGE P. SCHREIBER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CIGAR-BAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 9, 1917.

Application filed July 15, 1916. Serial No. 109,551.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. ScHRnIBnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Bands, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved cigar band such as is commonly used for the purpose of advertising different brands of cigars.

The present invention has for its primary object to provide acigar band having means whereby the same may be easily and quickly removed from the cigar and without liability of breaking the cigar wrapper.

It is a more particular object of my invention to provide a cigar band which is so formed that the band will be destroyed in the operation of removing the same so that it cannot be again employed.

It is a further general object of the invention to provide a device for the above purpose which may be tightly applied upon the cigar so that it will not slip thereon from its applied position, the band being of exceedingly simple construction and capable of manufacture at relatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of my invention applied to a cigar; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the band.

Referring in detail to the drawing and more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, 5 designates the band as a whole which is stamped from a paper sheet and includes the central, enlarged or elongated body portion 6, from the opposite sides of which the strips or tabs 7 and 8 respectively extend. The relatively narrow strip or extension 7 is of greater length than the strip 8 and has its free end portion laterally curved, as at 9. The other strip 8 is provided with an obliquely extending line of perforations 10, and one face of this strip, from said line of perforations to the end edge of the strip, is gummed as at 11. At the inner end of the oblique line of perforations 11, a notch or indentation 12 is provided in the longitudinal edge of the strip 8 so as to facilitate the tearing 0d of the gummed end of the strip.

In the application of the band to the cigar, it will be understood that the strips or extensions 7 and 8 are passed in relatively opposite directions around the cigar. end of the shorter strip 8 overlies the strip 7, and the gummed surface 11 of the strip 8 being moistened, said strip will adhere to the strip 7 and thus retain the band in its applied position. The curved extremity 9 of the strip 7 will project laterally beyond one of the longitudinal edges of the strip 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and one edge of this curved portion of the strip 7 extends on a line substantially coincident with the line of perforations 10 in the strip 8. The band is sufiiciently tight upon the cigar to prevent its longitudinal or turning movement thereon which would possibly result in the'breakage of the cigar Wrapper. When, however, it is desired to remove. the band from the cigar, the projecting curved end 9 of the strip 7 is grasped and pulled outwardly so as to rip or tear the strip 8 along the perforated lines 10, thus separating the gummed end portion from the body of the strip. This tearing process is facilitated by the engagement of the edge of the strip 7 in the notch or indentation 12, as will be readily understood. The band may, in this manner, be easily and quickly removed, and in the process of removal, the band itself is destroyed, whereby its subsequent use is precluded. The band cannot, therefore, be used by unscrupulous manufacturers upon an inferior brand of cigars for the purpose of deceiving the public.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the construction, manner of use and several advantages of the invention will be fully understood.

The band may be easily, securely and quickly applied to the cigar so that it will not slip or turn thereon and will thus provide means for advertising the particular brand of cigar and, at the same time, avoid all possibility of breaking the cigar wrapper when the band is removed.

I have herein referred to the preferred form of the device, but it is, of course, manifest that the same may be made in various other shapes than those shown in the drawing and can be provided with any desired surface ornamentation in the usual manner.

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I It is, therefore, to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the precise features of construction referred to, but reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied Within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

It is, of course, understood that a sufficiently powerful adhesive isemployed in order to prevent the separation of the ends of the band and insure a tight binding engagement of the band upon the cigar.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is:

An improved article of manufacture consisting of a flexible cigar band having means for adhesively connecting the end portions thereof, one of said end portions being laterally curved and the other end portion of the band overlying said; curved end and having an oblique line of perforations therein extending circumferentially of the cigar in coinciding relation with one edge of said 

